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E  take  great  pleasure  in  ex- 
tending to  you  tke  kanJ  of 
rellowship  at  tliis  joyous 
season  of  Yuleti  Je.  For,  it 
IS  a  joyous  season.  Lives  tkere  one 
among  us  in  tKis  Western  land  wko, 
as  year  follows  upon  year  and  the  all 
too  Drier  period  of  Yuletide  Koliday- 
making  comes  round  again,  does  not  go 
out  to  meet  it  witk  a  glad  kear't,  does 
not  put  aside  the  cares  and  responsibili- 
ties of  his  everyday  life  and,  sKaking 
the  Aveight  of  years  from  Kis  skoulders 
as  ne  would  rid  mm  of  a  troublesome 
burden,  become  a  boy  again,  to  play 
among  boys  and  girls  according  to  tbe 


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good  olcl-fasliionecl  rites  which  custom 
kas  estatlisked  for  observation  at  this 


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season : 


It  IS  a  good  tiling  for  totk  old  and 
young,  tKis  merry-go-round  or  present- 
giving  and  feasting.  Surely  it  makes 
life  a  liftle  Lefter  wortk  the  living  to 
feel  tKat  there  is  one  period  in  the 
tAvelvemonth,  brief  tkough  it  may  be, 
in  wbicn  tbe  -watcnAvord,  """On  earth 
peace,  good  will  toward  men,  is  not 
only  upon  tbe  up  but  in  tbe  heart, 
wben  tbe  \vorld,  as  it  were,  joins  in 
one  concerted  movement  for  tbe  pro- 
motion of  honest  fun  and  jollity. 

nV^c  whose  privilege  it  is  to 
dwell  beneatb  tbe  untroubled  skies  of 
California  may  well  appreciate  tbe 
blessings  tbat  tbis  Yuletide  season  of 
1914  sbo'wers  upon  us.  From  our 
baven  of  peace  and  security  we  look 
through  our  mental  vision  upon  lands 
across  tbe  seas  wbere  tbe  scene  is  one 
of  aAvful  desolation.      Sbould  we  not. 


tken,  he  more  tkan  ordinarily  grateful 
to  kinci  Fate  tkat  kas  cast  our  lot  amid 
surrounamgs  suck  as  ours? 

W^e  of  '"PaciTic  Service  jom 
^vitk  tke  rest  or  tke  Western  world  m 
expressing  gratitude  for  tke  prosperity 
tkat  is  ours.  Tkis  year  of  1914  now 
draw^mg  to  a  close  kas  keen  a  peculiarly 
eventful  one  witk  us.  Patrons  and 
friends  at  kome  and  akroad  kave  rallied 
round  tke  "'Pacific  Service  standard. 
1  ke  test  kas  keen  made.,  and  we 
kave  come  out  of  it  victorious.  And 
so  Mre  ^o  our  on^ward  way  "witk  a 
ligkt  step  and  keart  full  of  confidence 
in  tke  krigkt  promise  of  tke  future. 

1  o  you  Avko  follow  tke  fortunes 
of  ""Pacific  Service,  Avko  kave  stood 
so  nokly  ky  us  in  tkis  trial  of  our 
strengtk,  we  can  find  no  words  adequate 
to  express  our  appreciation  and  good 
will. 

In  wisking  you  tke  compliments  of 
tke  season  we  can  but  express  tke  kope 


tkat   you   may   enjoy   to   the   full   tne 

tlessmgs    tkat  tkis  age  or  progress  ana 

development  kids  fair  to  kring  to  you. 

We  keg  your  acceptance  or  tkis 

Ckristmas  souvenir,  ana  kope  tkat  you 

-will  give  it  place  among  your  treasured 

rememkrances   of  tkis   glad   season. 

Once  more  we  \visk  you,  one  and  all, 

a    Merry   Ckristmas   and  a 

Happy  New  Year! 


Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 
-Ckristmas,   1914 


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